Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Guests are invited to choose the eight records they would take to a desert island
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor and comedian Hugh Lloyd.
Favourite track: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Book: Anthology by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials
Roy Plomley's castaway is teacher and social worker Mary Stocks.
Favourite track: In Tears of Grief (from St Matthew Passion), Final Chorus by Johann Sebastian Bach Book: Collected novels by Jane Austen Luxury: Radio receiver
Roy Plomley's castaway is fashion house director Ginette Spanier.
Favourite track: You're Sensational by Frank Sinatra Book: Notebook and pencil Luxury: Silver box
Roy Plomley's castaway is baritone George Baker.
Favourite track: Praise to the Holiest in the Height (from The Dream of Gerontius) by Edward Elgar Book: His favourite works by Charles Dickens Luxury: Writing materials
Roy Plomley's castaway is conductor Arthur Fiedler.
Book: Encyclopaedia Britannica Luxury: Binoculars
Roy Plomley's castaway is bass Owen Brannigan.
Favourite track: Noye's Fludde by Benjamin Britten Book: The collected works by G.K. Chesterton Luxury: Trombone
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Marlene Dietrich.
Favourite track: The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky Book: The Telegram by Konstantin Paustovsky and A Story of Life by Konstantin Paustovsky Luxury: Mementoes box
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster Jack de Manio.
Favourite track: The Faithful Hussar by Louis Armstrong and his All Stars Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy Luxury: Scented soap
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Tallulah Bankhead.
Book: The Human Situation by MacNeill Dixon Luxury: Her portrait by Augustus John
Roy Plomley's castaway is the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine Reverend W Awdry.
Favourite track: Baal, We Cry to Thee by Felix Mendelssohn Book: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Luxury: Writing materials
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Dirk Bogarde.
Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in C Minor (Opus 67) by Ludwig van Beethoven Book: The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann Wyss Luxury: Conversation Piece by John Singer Sargent - a painting of the Sitwells
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Kenneth Connor.
Favourite track: Little Bit This, Little Bit That by Jimmy Durante Book: Margin Released by J B Priestley Luxury: Guitar
Roy Plomley's castaway is cellist Paul Tortelier.
Favourite track: Er, der Herrlichste von Allen from Frauenliebe und Leben by Robert Schumann Book: La Petite chronique d'Anna Magdalena Bach by Esther Meynell Luxury: Bicycle and cider
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Richard Wattis.
Favourite track: Piano Concerto No 20 in D Minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: The Life of Disraeli by André Maurois Luxury: Bed
Roy Plomley's castaway is broadcaster David Jacobs.
Favourite track: God Be in My Head by Temple Church Choir Book: A Hundred-and-One Things a Girl Can Do Luxury: Piano and family photographs
Roy Plomley's castaway is industrialist Sir Miles Thomas.
Favourite track: Noel Coward Fantasy by Melachrino Orchestra Book: The Second World War by Sir Winston Churchill Luxury: Toothpaste
Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Wilfrid Brambell.
Favourite track: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach/Hess Book: Dictionary Luxury: Scotch whisky and lager
Roy Plomley's castaway is Coco the Clown - Nicolai Poliakoff.
Favourite track: Black Eyes by Balalaika Orchestra Book: Dictionary Luxury: Writing materials
Roy Plomley's castaway is athlete Gordon Pirie.
Favourite track: The Very Thought of You by Norrie Paramor and his Orchestra Book: Gray's Anatomy Luxury: Motor car
Roy Plomley's castaway is Chief Scout Sir Charles MacLean.
Favourite track: Symphony No 5 in F Minor (Toccata) by Charles Marie Widor Book: Volumes of The Illustrated London News Luxury: Piano